HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



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WARREN M. KING, President 

 C. H. PIERCE, Vice-President 

 EDWIN K. ABBOTT, Cashier 



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Concluded from page 1 

 poor productive ability will not pay for 

 these feeds, but they should be supplied 

 to the better cows, if greatest profits are 

 to be realized. 



One practice, all too common, and 

 which invariably leads toward discourag- 

 ing results, is for farmers to withhold all 

 grain from dry cows on poor pasture 

 during late summer and fall. As colder 

 weather threatens, these same cows are 

 brought to the stables about ro-.tdy to 

 freshen. Even after calving the proper 

 grain mixture is scantily provided and 

 the animals grow thinner, never giving 

 good account of themselves. You cannot 

 run business successfully that way. It is 

 contrary to natural laws. Obviously, if 

 dairy cows produce to their maximum 

 productive ability, they must be fed for it. 

 The following are suggested rations 

 for November, prices considered: 



FOR DAIRY COWS IN MILK 



200 lbs. ground oats. 

 100 lbs. wheat bran. 

 200 lbs. gluten feed. 

 100 lbs. oil meal (O. P.) or cotton- 

 seed meal. 



FOR CALVES 



100 lbs. wheat bran. 



50 lbs. hominy. 

 100 lbs. ground oats. 



50 lbs. oil meal. 



IS YOUR SEED CORN GOOD? 



Be Sure it is Stored Properly 



The continue wet weather for the past 

 two months has prevented corn from dry- 

 out very rapidly. This calls for some 

 extra care in getting seed corn for 1920 

 properly dried out. If particular care 

 is not taken, and we should have an early 

 and severe winter, the damage to seed 

 corn might be as great as during the 

 severe winter two years ago. 



Recently the writer had occasion to 

 look at some corn which had been stored 

 in an unused room, the ventilation of 

 which was poor. In this particular case, 

 the ears wei'e tied together by the husks 

 and the bunches hung very close to each 

 other. An examination of this corn 

 showed that it was not only failing to 

 dry out, but was molding badly. The 

 farmer thought that he had his corn 

 stored in good shape and that further 

 attention would not be necessary. 



The writer believes that it is very es- 

 sential that every farmer note whether 

 his seed corn is drying out or not. If 

 it is not drying satisfactorily it may be 

 well to store it where there is some artifi- 

 cial heat as freezing weather damages 

 the germinating power of moist corn. 



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\VM. G. BASSETT, President 



F. i\. KNEEl-ANI), Vice-President 

 OLIVEK H. BRADLEY, Cashier 



